The Listening Club - 3rd February 2019

Greetings,

Hope all is fine for you all. Sun managed to get out here for the day, which was a very pleasant reminder of brighter times. Plenty of plans on the go too, festivals and gigs being booked and so forth, and the mighty Snapped Ankles to look forward to this coming Thursday. And I got another slice of k-music wrapped up too. So not doing too bad at all, really.

Last week chez #LC, that @JimMcCauley was in the chair, reminding us of All-Back-To-Mine sessions from days gone by with his pick of Eat Static's "Crash And Burn". Thanks to Jim for the bangs and beeps, and for flipping the frisbee straight over to me, so... let's ctrl-I.

"Working in a large office can sometimes be a trying thing, if, like me, you've only done it sporadically over the years. I'm far more used to working alongside the gentle sounds of birds chirping, scooters revving and kids playing outside the window than collegues jabbering on for ages about how outragous it was that Paddington 2 didn't get any Oscar nominations, or comparing their relative historical bouts of crippling acid reflux... and then there's the Dutch equivalent, which, even though I can't understand much of it ("Precis!") seems to need to be done at twice the necessary conversational volume for dramatic effect. Le sigh.

Thus, it's at certain times, when I absolutely need to blot out 100% of the surrounding jibber-jabber and concentrate fully on the work that I'm so desperately trying to finish, there's only certain kinds of music that hit the spot. Something that is completely enveloping and full-frequency, yet can be turned up to a more-than significant level in the old headbins without shredding the ears with crunchy overcompressed vocal athleticisms. Doubly brilliant if said music also contains a hearty dollop of "Fuck you" to help spur me on.

This, then, is my current go-to record for these situations. An artiste I know at least one or two of you are familiar with. Hope you enjoy.

#DrinkingClub = Treble strength office coffee, neat whiskey, or both."

Direct download is here, and the HearBeSpoilers stream is below:


Hope to see you at 8pm GMT.